T.FAST LIFE

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00000780: 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 0D                           |-------.        |

.           FAST LIFE.              BY. 
         MARK HAUGAN....COMMODORE MICROC
OMPUTERS MAGAZINE.MARCH/APRIL 1986.P.113
..  LIFE PROGRAMS SUCH AS FAST LIFE ARE.
.SIMULATION GAMES THAT MODEL THE..GROWTH
 PATTERNS OF POPULATIONS--..USUALLY BACT
ERIAL COLONIES.  WHILE..THIS MIGHT NOT S
EEM AN INTERESTING..SUBJECT FOR A PROGRA
M, LIFE GAMES..HAVE REMAINED A FAVORITE 
FOR YEARS...  ONE REASON FOR THEIR POPUL
ARITY IS..THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE AN ALM
OST..INFINITE VARIETY OF PATERNS FROM ON
LY..A FEW RULES GOVERNING LIFE IN A..BAC
TERIAL COLONY...  THE GROWTH PATTERN THE
 COLONY TAKES..IS DERIVED FROM THE CONFI
GURATIONS OF..INDIVIDUAL CELLS-- SOME..C
ONFIGURATIONS ARE CERTAIN DEATH FOR..THE
 MEMBER CELLS WHILE OTHERS ARE..STABLE..
.  MUCH OF MARK HAUGAN'S FAST LIFE IS..W
RITTEN IN MACHINE LANGUAGE, SO EACH..GEN
ERATION EVOLVES VERY QUICKLY...  YOU MAY
 STOP THE PROGRAM AT ANY..TIME, HOWEVER,
 BY HITTING THE SPACE..BAR.  RETURN WILL
 RESUME THE..SEQUENCE...  TO BEGIN FAST 
LIFE, YOU MUST FIRST..SET THE CONFIGURAT
ION OF YOUR..ORIGINAL COLONY.  THE FIRST
 SCREEN..THAT YOU SEE IN FAST LIFE IS BL
ACK..AND HAS A FLASHING CURSOR...  USE T
HE CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE THE..CURSOR TO TH
E POSITION YOU WANT A..CELL; THEN USE TH
E ASTERISK KEY TO..TURN ON THE CELLS.  T
HE SPACE BAR MAY..BE USED TO ERASE ACTIV
ATED CELLS...  HITTING RETURN BRINGS YOU
R COLONY..TO LIFE.  TO STOP THE SIMULATI
ON,..PRESS "Q".  YOU WILL THEN BE ASKED 
IF..YOU WISH TO TRY ANOTHER PATTERN.  IF
..YOU ANSWER YES, YOU WILL BEGIN THE..PR
OGRAM AGAIN.  IF NOT, YOU WILL BE..RETUR
NED TO LOADSTAR...  OF SPECIAL INTEREST 
TO THE..MATHEMATICALLY INCLINED IS THE..
DISCOVERY OF STABLE CONFIGURATIONS OF..C
ELLS AND OF THE ALGORITHIMS..GOVERNING P
ATTERN GENERATION...  AND FOR THE REST O
F US, THE..PATTERNS GENERATED BY FAST LI
FE CAN..BE ENDLESSLY FASCINATING, FOR LI
KE..ITS NAMESAKE, LIFE'S POSSIBILITIES..
ARE ALMOST INFINITE...FILES REQUIRED:.FA
ST LIFE...---------<END OF ARTICLE>-----
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